NZ PERFORMS WELL AT CAPLES AWARDS

Australia led the world at the 30th Caples Awards held at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York last night, winning 21 awards, ahead of Germany with 20 and New Zealand equal third (with Spain) winning 12 gongs.
Kiwi shops won four First Places, three Seconds and five Thirds. Lowe Rivet Auckland won a First for Stella Artois 'Fight Club' plus two Seconds and a Third, AIM Proximity Auckland won a First for Christchurch Press 'Are you an idiot?' plus three Thirds. Blackwood Communications Group Auckland won a First and a Second, both for BIANZ 'Gingerbread Haka' (pictured), while Touch/Cast Next Wellington won a First for WETA 'Rayguns'.
Australian shops won five first Places, five seconds and 11 thirds. Lavender Sydney won three Firsts for the RTA 'Pimp our Ads' campaign while Leo Burnett, Melbourne won two Firsts, one for Suzuki 'Implants', the other for Connex 'There's no I in carriage'.
Other Aussie shops celebrating on the night incuded M&C Saatchi Sydney with two Second Places and five Third Places and BMF Sydney with three Second Places and two Third Places.
A highlight of the awards for the Australians was the awarding of Dylan Taylor, BMF Direct Sydney's creative director with the prized Caples Wunderman Award for Lifetime Creative Achievement - the first Aussie ever to be awarded this honour.